Emerging trends proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics: TPHOLs 2004

technical reportThis volume constitutes the proceedings of the Emerging Trends track of the 17th International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics (TPHOLs 2004) held September 14-17, 2004 in Park City, Utah, USA. The TPHOLs conference covers all aspects of theorem proving in higher order logics as well as related topics in theorem proving and verification. There were 42 papers submitted to TPHOLs 2004 in the full research cate- gory, each of which was refereed by at least 3 reviewers selected by the program committee. Of these submissions, 21 were accepted for presentation at the con- ference and publication in volume 3223 of Springer?s Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. In keeping with longstanding tradition, TPHOLs 2004 also offered a venue for the presentation of work in progress, where researchers invite discussion by means of a brief introductory talk and then discuss their work at a poster session. The work-in-progress papers are held in this volume, which is published as a 2004 technical report of the School of Computing at the University of Utah

A partial translation path from MathLang to Isabelle

This dissertation describes certain developments in computer techniques formanagingmathematical knowledge. Computers currently assistmathematicians in presenting and archiving mathematics, as well as performing calculation and verification tasks. MathLang is a framework for computerising mathematical documents which features new approaches to these issues. In this dissertation, several extensions to MathLang are described: a system and notation for annotating text; improved methods for annotating complex mathematical expressions; and a method for creating rules to translate document annotations. A typical MathLang work flow for document annotation and computerisation is demonstrated, showing how writing style can complicate the annotation process and how these may be resolved. This workflow is compared with the standard process for producing formal computer theories in a computer proof assistant (Isabelle is the system we choose). The rules for translation are further discussed as a way of producing text in the syntax of Isabelle (without a deep knowledge of the system), with possible use cases of providing a text which can be used either as an aid to learning Isabelle, or as a skeleton framework to be used as a starting point for a formal document

Programmiersprachen und Rechenkonzepte

Seit 1984 veranstaltet die GI-Fachgruppe "Programmiersprachen und Rechenkonzepte" regelmäßig im Frühjahr einen Workshop im Physikzentrum Bad Honnef. Das Treffen dient in erster Linie dem gegenseitigen Kennenlernen, dem Erfahrungsaustausch, der Diskussion und der Vertiefung gegenseitiger Kontakte. In diesem Forum werden Vorträge und Demonstrationen sowohl bereits abgeschlossener als auch noch laufender Arbeiten vorgestellt, unter anderem (aber nicht ausschließlich) zu Themen wie - Sprachen, Sprachparadigmen - Korrektheit von Entwurf und Implementierung - Werkzeuge - Software-/Hardware-Architekturen - Spezifikation, Entwurf - Validierung, Verifikation - Implementierung, Integration - Sicherheit (Safety und Security) - eingebettete Systeme - hardware-nahe Programmierung. In diesem Technischen Bericht sind einige der präsentierten Arbeiten zusammen gestellt

Programming Languages and Systems

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019

On the readability of machine checkable formal proofs

It is possible to implement mathematical proofs in a machine-readable language. Indeed, certain proofs, especially those deriving properties of safety-critical systems, are often required to be checked by machine in order to avoid human errors. However, machine checkable proofs are very hard to follow by a human reader. Because of their unreadability, such proofs are hard to implement, and more difficult still to maintain and modify. In this thesis we study the possibility of implementing machine checkable proofs in a more readable format. We design a declarative proof language, SPL, which is based on the Mizar language. We also implement a proof checker for SPL which derives theorems in the HOL system from SPL proof scripts. The language and its proof checker are extensible, in the sense that the user can modify and extend the syntax of the language and the deductive power of the proof checker during the mechanisation of a theory. A deductive database of trivial knowledge is used by the proof checker to derive facts which are considered trivial by the developer of mechanised theories so that the proofs of such facts can be omitted. We also introduce the notion of structured straightforward justifications, in which simple facts, or conclusions, are justified by a number of premises together with a number of inferences which are used in deriving the conclusion from the given premises. A tableau prover for first-order logic with equality is implemented as a HOL derived rule and used during the proof checking of SPL scripts. The work presented in this thesis also includes a case study involving the mechanisation of a number of results in group theory in SPL, in which the deductive power of the SPL proof checker is extended throughout the development of the theory

Raziel: Private and Verifiable Smart Contracts on Blockchains

Raziel combines secure multi-party computation and proof-carrying code to provide privacy, correctness and verifiability guarantees for smart contracts on blockchains. Effectively solving DAO and Gyges attacks, this paper describes an implementation and presents examples to demonstrate its practical viability (e.g., private and verifiable crowdfundings and investment funds). Additionally, we show how to use Zero-Knowledge Proofs of Proofs (i.e., Proof-Carrying Code certificates) to prove the validity of smart contracts to third parties before their execution without revealing anything else. Finally, we show how miners could get rewarded for generating pre-processing data for secure multi-party computation.Comment: Support: cothority/ByzCoin/OmniLedge

Programming Languages and Systems

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2021, which was held during March 27 until April 1, 2021, as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Luxembourg and changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 24 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. They deal with fundamental issues in the specification, design, analysis, and implementation of programming languages and systems